Type 2 Diabetes Case Study

This essay will focus on type 2 diabetes, which is becoming one of the fast growing chronic health conditions in the United Kingdom (UK). Approximately 700 people are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes each day in the UK (Diabetes Uk, (2014)a). It is costing the NHS about £10billion pounds each year to treat diabetes along with its complication and it is expected to rise in the next couple of years (Diabetes UK, (2014)b).

When you think of diseases, you think of tragic illnesses you can not help. Type 2 diabetes, however, has different circumstances; you inflict this disease upon yourself through lack of proper diet and the results are shocking. You might want to think twice about the health effects that pack of doughnuts has to offer than just all the calories. The effects of being unhealthy go deeper down than just how you look.

Subjective ED is a 71 y/o African American female, who came to the hospital complaining of blurry vision, non-healing wounds, frequent bladder infections, tingling and numbness in her feet. Her sister is a known type II diabetes patient. She is of low socioeconomic status. She denies smoking and any food allergies. She is currently diagnosed with Cellulites and T2DM.

Being overweight significantly increases the chances of developing a common type of diabetes, type 2 diabetes. In humans, type 2 diabetes is a relative insulin deficiency that causes the cells in the body to develop a resistance to insulin. Insulin, a hormone produced in the pancreatic islet beta cells, helps move sugars into the cell that can later be used as fuel. The deficiency occurs when the functions of the beta cells are damaged. Insulin is unable to be detected because the insulin receptors are damaged from an overload of insulin already present in the pancreas. This causes the insulin to lose its ability to help clear the sugar from the body. A large amount of humans and felines are beginning to develop diabetes mellitus at a fast growing rate due to the body being unable to

Aaron is a 25-year-old Caucasian (Hispanic/white) male who is over weight, he was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and has a long history of sever asthma. Aaron is a full time college student majoring in graphic design and works part time at GameStop during the week. He is a very sedentary individual and spends most of his time playing games or watching TV indoors. On occasions he spends time going to hockey games and parties with his friends but does not spend much time doing any physical activities. Aaron has had sever asthma since he was a child and has been taking a variety of medications from and early age. Up till the age of 18 Aaron too anti-inflammatories, albuterol the generic name is albuterol sulphate inhalation solution and some of the Brand names are ProAir HFA, ProAir

Lifestyle choices, such as exercising, losing weight and eating right are essential for diabetes management. However, a doctor may still recommend medication to someone who is suffering from diabetes. Below is a list of medications that are available for diabetes:

The only way to cure diabetes is a pancreas transplant but diabetes can be monitored and controlled. People with diabetes have to have proper nutrition. People with type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes mellitus have to change their diets. Type 1 diabetics have to time when to eat meals and snacks along with taking insulin. Type 2 diabetics use a diet modifications and use medication when needed to maintain the glucose levels. Pregnant women with gestational diabetes should also follow a proper meal plan that is safe for herself and the baby. It’s best for diabetics to eat every 4 or 5 hours so their sugar levels will be in the normal range. The type of meal a diabetic should eat is half the plate should consist of vegetables that are not high in starch like jalapenos, cooked carrots, cooked cabbage, cooked eggplant, cooked broccoli, tomatoes, cooked spinach, and cooked peppers.

Mr. NX is a 35-year-old-male with complaint of back pain and not feeling well. He reports he has chronic back pain that is a constant tight, dull ache in which he has experienced over the past 10 years, without loss of function. He has a prior history of Type II diabetes, hypertension, and recurring deep vein thrombosis in which he routinely takes Glyburide, Lisinopril, and Coumadin for these disorders. Mr. NX reports he started a workout program three weeks prior in which he started two complementary alternative medications (CAMs) of Creatine and Coenzyme Q10. Other CAMs he reports taking is Kava Kava for anxiety and Garlic for his hypertension.

I chose to write about diabetes because I want to gain knowledge about it to help prevent myself from getting it. Diabetes is a non-communicable disease. A non-communicable disease is a disease that is not infectious and cannot be spread to others. Some non-communicable disease produce slowly and cause chronic symptoms, and some produce quickly. Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause for deaths worldwide.

Diabetes represents one of the most challenging public health problems of the 21st century and is reaching epidemic levels globally. Nevertheless, it remains seriously under-reported, partly because many people with type 2 diabetes do not realise they have it (International Diabetes Federation, 2008). Diabetes is therefore one of Australia’s concerning issues. Type two diabetes was declared a national health priority by the federal government in 1997. This is due to type two diabetes costing Australia at least 6 billion dollars per annum. This not only costs the government an excessive amount it also cost the individual as well. It costs $4,025- $9,645 per annual. This is not only a concern for the economy of

Patient 3 symptoms lead towards diabetes. One of the most common ways to tell you are diabetic is glucose in urine which mean your pancreas is dying. Insulin is vital to your body and the pancreas is what creates it. It then sends it through your blood stream, if your pancreas doesn’t produce insulin you have diabetes and you need a machine to produce it for you. Type two diabetes is if your blood sugar levels are too high because you consume too much sugar and your white blood cells attack your pancreas. Most people are just born with type one diabetes. A lot of women are diagnosed with diabetes type 2 after pregnancy. The Symptoms which are present is a blood test and the result of a diabetic is at or above 7.0 mmol/L. Type 2 diabetes is much more common and 90% of people with

Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 (DM2) is the mayor cause of mortality in the US. Hispanic

Type 2 diabetes is a very well known disease throughout the US. There are about 27 million people in the US with the disease and 86 million others have prediabetes which means their blood glucose is not right but also not high enough to be diabetes yet. 208,000 people under the age of twenty have been diagnosed with either Type 1 or 2 Diabetes.

Ultimately, Type 2 Diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in the United States. Luke and Brittanys reason for this experiment is because women who are post menopause are at higher risk of obtaining Type 2 Diabetes than pre menopause. According to studies, it is proposed that estradiol and other estrogens decrease the risk of Type 2 Diabetes. In this case, these students examined if estradiol can prevent Type 2 Diabetes alone.

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